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Slick Rick
Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. His songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. "La Di Da Di" is one of the most sampled songs in history. As Slick Rick, Walters became the third artist to sign with Def Jam Recordings in 1986. He debuted with The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, showcasing his storytelling structure mixed with humor and complex rhymes, including his signature song, "Children's Story." Facing murder charges and incarceration, Walters released two albums: The Ruler's Back and Behind Bars. After being released from prison in 1997, Walters made a comeback with his fourth studio album, The Art of Storytelling. In 2025, he dropped Victory on Mass Appeal Records. His music has been sampled and interpolated over 1,000 times, in songs by artists including Eminem, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Beastie Boys, TLC, Nas, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, MF DOOM, Czarface, Black Star, The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, MC Ren, Montell Jordan, Tech N9ne, Lloyd, and Color Me Badd. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Children's Story E
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Hey Young World E
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The Show E
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Landlord E
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Albums

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VICTORY

2025
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Best Of

2014
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The Art Of Storytelling

1999
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The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick (Deluxe Edition)

1988
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Behind Bars

1994
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The Ruler's Back

1991

Singles & EPs

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Documents

Single • 2025
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Snakes Of The World Today

Single • 2018
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Midas Touch

Single • 2019
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Behind Bars (Remixes)

Single • 1994
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Can't Dance To A Track That Ain't Got No Soul

Single • 2019
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Hey Young World (Demo)

Single • 2019

Videos

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I Shouldn't Have Done It MTV Audio Edit Version

Slick Rick • 2.3M views
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Street Talkin' Glow Version (feat. OutKast)

Slick Rick • 10M views
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Sittin' In My Car (feat. Doug E. Fresh)

Slick Rick • 56K views

Featured on

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Back to the Block Party

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Flow Superior

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Old-School Hip Hop

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Never-Ending Slow Jams

Playlist • YouTube Music
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The Golden Age of Gangsta Rap

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Hip Hop Library ('88-'95)

Playlist • YouTube Music

Artist-made playlists

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International Women's Day Playlist 2022

Playlist • OfficialSlickRick • 1.9K views

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